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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The sloop Dove, Capt. Bell, arriving in New-York after 18 days from St. Croix, encountered two French ships on June 13 in Lat. 31, Long. 70. The French fired a shot, boarded to deliver a letter for a New-York merchant, obtained coordinates, and allowed the sloop to continue.
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The Sloop Dove, Capt. Bell in 18 Days from St. Croix, on the 13th instant, in Lat. 31, Long. 70 fell in with two French Ships bound from Cape-Francois to Old France, who fired a Shot, brought her to, and ordered her to send her Boat on board, but finding she did not readily obey, one of the Ships hoisted out her own Boat, and sent her on board the Sloop with a Letter for a Merchant in this City, and after demanding of the Sloop the Latitude and Longitude they were in, dismissed her to proceed on her Voyage.
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New York
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On The 13th Instant
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the french ships delivered a letter for a merchant in new-york and, after obtaining the latitude and longitude, dismissed the sloop to proceed on her voyage.
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The Sloop Dove fell in with two French Ships bound from Cape-Francois to Old France, who fired a Shot, brought her to, and ordered her to send her Boat on board, but finding she did not readily obey, one of the Ships hoisted out her own Boat, and sent her on board the Sloop with a Letter for a Merchant in this City, and after demanding of the Sloop the Latitude and Longitude they were in.